Sirach Chapter 7: World English Bible Classic

Deuterocanon · Apocrypha · Traducción al español en preparación

Traducción al español en preparación

¹ Do no evil, so no evil will overtake you. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

² Depart from wrong, and it will turn away from you. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³ My son, don’t sow upon the furrows of unrighteousness, and you won’t reap them sevenfold. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁴ Don’t seek preeminence from the Lord, nor the seat of honor from the king. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁵ Don’t justify yourself in the presence of the Lord, and don’t display your wisdom before the king. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁶ Don’t seek to be a judge, lest you not be able to take away iniquities, lest perhaps you fear the person of a mighty man, and lay a stumbling block in the way of your uprightness. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁷ Don’t sin against the multitude of the city. Don’t disgrace yourself in the crowd. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁸ Don’t commit a sin twice, for even in one you will not be unpunished. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

⁹ Don’t say, “He will look upon the multitude of my gifts. When I make an offering to the Most High God, he will accept it.” (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁰ Don’t be faint-hearted in your prayer. Don’t neglect to give alms. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹¹ Don’t laugh a man to scorn when he is in the bitterness of his soul, for there is one who humbles and exalts. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹² Don’t devise a lie against your brother, or do the same to a friend. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹³ Refuse to utter a lie, for that habit results in no good. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁴ Don’t babble in the assembly of elders. Don’t repeat your words in your prayer. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁵ Don’t hate hard labor or farm work, which the Most High has created. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁶ Don’t number yourself among the multitude of sinners. Remember that wrath will not wait. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁷ Humble your soul greatly, for the punishment of the ungodly man is fire and the worm. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁸ Don’t exchange a friend for something, neither a true brother for the gold of Ophir. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

¹⁹ Don’t deprive yourself of a wise and good wife, for her grace is worth more than gold. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁰ Don’t abuse a servant who works faithfully, or a hireling who gives you his life. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²¹ Let your soul love a wise servant. Don’t defraud him of liberty. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²² Do you have cattle? Look after them. If they are profitable to you, let them stay by you. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²³ Do you have children? Correct them, and make them obedient from their youth. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁴ Do you have daughters? Take care of their bodies, and don’t be overly indulgent toward them. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁵ Give your daughter in marriage, and you will have accomplished a great matter. Give her to a man of understanding. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁶ Do you have a wife who pleases you? Don’t cast her out. But don’t trust yourself to one who is hateful. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁷ Honor your father with your whole heart, and don’t forget the birth pangs of your mother. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁸ Remember that you were born of them. What will you repay them for the things that they have done for you? (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

²⁹ Fear the Lord with all your soul; and revere his priests. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³⁰ With all your strength love him who made you. Don’t forsake his ministers. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³¹ Fear the Lord and honor the priest. Give him his portion, even as it is commanded you: the first fruits, the trespass offering, the gift of the shoulders, the sacrifice of sanctification, and the first fruits of holy things. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³² Also stretch out your hand to the poor man, that your blessing may be complete. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³³ A gift has grace in the sight of every living man. Don’t withhold grace for a dead man. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³⁴ Don’t avoid those who weep, and mourn with those who mourn. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³⁵ Don’t be slow to visit a sick man, for by such things you will gain love. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)

³⁶ In all your words, remember eternity, and you will never sin. (English source shown until the Spanish translation is ready)